Toilet article



April 13, 1937. N. A. HALLWOOD TOILET ARTICLE Filed July 10, 1934 ail-E fl "IIIIIIIIIIIIAH nunnnuuunnul AVazmAEZZzzwd TOILET ARTICLE Nathan A. Hallwood, Columbus, Ohio, assignor of one-half to W. S. Cewan, Columbus, Ohio Application July 10, 1934, Serial No. 734,525

6 Claims. (01. 132-85) r orrie This invention relates to toilet articles and Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view on the line more particularly to a combination comb and VII-VII of Fig. 6. brush. An object of the invention is to provide Referring more particularly to the drawing,

an article of this character wherein hair combthe numeral I designates the toilet article in its ing and brushing operations may be performed entirety which has the general contour and. size 5 simultaneously. of an ordinary pocket comb. In the form dis- Another object of the invention is to provide an closed in Figs. 1 and 2, the back 2 of the comb article of this kind which is intended primarily is provided near its lower edge with brushing to be carried in a pocket formed in the clothes of elements 3 formed of bristles and located on each the user, and which is so formed that it will take side of the comb body, as disclosed more par- 0 up appreciably no more room in the pocket than ticularly in Fig. 2. These bristles may be atan ordinary comb. tached to the back 2 by molding the same therein It is also an object, in one form of the invenor by any other suitable manner. The bristles tion, to arrange the bristles of the brushing eleare so positioned as to lie in a direction pointments of the article on each side of the comb so ing towards the lower outer ends of the teeth 5 that they will lie in a direction pointing towards t and terminate at a point slightly below the root the operating end of the comb, and to extend the ends of said teeth, that is, where the teeth join bristles a slight distance below the inner root the comb body. ends of the teeth so that when the comb is used It will be noted that the bristles are pointing in the ordinary manner atan angle to the scalp, downwardly and slightly outwardly so that when 20 the nearest bristles will be brought into brushthe comb is used in an ordinary manner at an ing engagement with the hair. angle to the scalp, said bristles will be positioned In another specific form of the invention, the substantially perpendicular thereto and thereby brushing el ments are mounted onaframe pivoted produce a brushing action upon the hair. In

5 at its ends to the comb body and which frame cross section, the comb converges toward the may be swung to one side or the other of said lower end of the teeth in advance of the bristles, body, depending upon the side of the comb used which will cause the bristles on one side of the nearest the head, or to a position in alignment comb to engage the hair while the bristles on the with the teeth of the comb so that said brushother side will be raised to a position above the ing elements and comb will lie substantially in hair. However, as both sides of the comb are 30 the same plane and thereby presents an article identical, either side thereof may be used with a of substantially no greater cross-sectional area similar effect. than the comb body by itself. By this arrangement, the bristles are permitted With these and other objects in view, which to lie flat on each side of the comb body and will appear as the description proceeds, the inthereby take up little or no more room than an 35 vention consists in the novel features of conordinary comb, thus facilitating the insertion and struction, combinations of elements and arrange withdrawal of the comb in connection with a ment of parts hereinafter to be more fully depocket or containing case. The comb may be scribed and pointed out in the appended claims. handled in an ordinary manner as the bristles In the accompanying drawing: do not interfere with the fingers in the normal 40 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the toilet article grasping of the comb. Further, by the positionformed in the shape of a comb and including the ing of the bristles below the thickest portion of brushing elements which together with the comb the back 2, the latter will serve to protect the forms the present invention; bristles from injury during the handling thereof.

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view In the modified form of the invention disclosed 45 taken on the line IIII of Fig. 1; K in Figs. 3 to 5, inclusive, the comb body 5 is Fig. 3 is a side elevation disclosing a modified provided with a swinging brushing element 6 form of the invention; which consists of a frame bar 1 having embedded Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view therein and pointing downwardly therefrom 5() taken on the line IV1V of Fig. 3; bristles 8 all closely arranged, on the order of Fig. 5 is a similar View showing the brushing a brush. The bar has its ends provided with upelement swung to either side of the comb body; standing arms 9 which are positioned within re- Fig. 6 is a detail side elevation of a comb cesses Ill formed in the ends of the comb body 5 wherein the bristle elements are detachably carwhen in an inactive position disclosed in Figs. 3

ried by the comb body; and 4. Connected to the ends of the bar 1 and 55 wardly or in the same direction as the teeth of' the comb. The outwardor upward movement of the brushing element 6 is limited by the connections l4 joining the outer members l3 with the comb body 5. The bars I are of sufiicient length to space the brushing elements 6 a sufficient distance from the comb body so as to permit the fingers of-the user to be entered therebetween, and thereby be capable of being manipulated in the usual way with the brushing element following the comb as it is pushed through the hair. This article may be conveniently positioned within the pocket of the userby first swinging the frame or brushing element 6 to a position in alignment with the teeth 15 in which position the brushing element will add slightly to the width of the comb but will be within the distance representing the thickness thereof. j In the form of my invention disclosed in Figs. 6 and 7, an ordinary comb is indicated at II, the

same being formed with a longitudinally extending back l8 and integral teeth I9. The bristle element is associated with a comb of this type by being'provided with a metallic or other form of a resilient body 20 from the opposite and lower ends of which project outwardly diverging rows of bristles 2|. By this construction, the bristle element may be slidably engaged or disengaged with the comb proper and facility obtained both 40 in the manufacture and use of the article.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that a toilet article has been provided wherein is combined in connection with an ordinary comb construction, a brushing element which is so arranged with respect to the teeth of the comb that it will follow the passage of the comb teeth through the hair thereby effecting the combing and brushing of the hair all in one operation which customarily requires two separate operations. The brushing elements are so arranged as to take up little or no more room than the body portion of the comb and can therefore be readily used as a pocket article and be conveniently carried around. The device or article is extremely simple 55 in its construction and is not apt to become out of order with continued use. The device may also be made of materials commonlyemployed for forming articles of this kind.

Although I have shown and described what I 60 consider to be the preferred form of. construetion, nevertheless it will be understood that slight changes may be made, such as in-the proportion of parts and arrangement thereof, without de-' parting from the spirit and scope of the invention as pointed out'in the appended claims.

What is claimed is: 1. In a toilet article of the class described, a comb body formed with recesses at its ends which are open at their lower ends, a brush'carrying frame arranged in connection Withsaid comb body and having its ends pivoted to links occupying said recesses. 2. In an article of the 'class described, a comb body, a brushing element including a bar normally arranged in a position below and in alignment with the teeth of said comb body, and means for pivoting said bar to the ends 01 said comb for permitting the bar to be swung to a position spaced from either side of said comb body.

3. In an article of theclass described, a comb body, a brushing element including a bar mounted for swinging movement about an axis parallel to said comb body and normally arranged in a position below and in alignment with the teeth of said comb body, and means formed with saidcomb body for limiting theupward swinging movement of said bar.

, 4. An article of the class described comprisinga comb body, a brush carrying barnormally arranged below and in alignment with the teeth on said comb body, link means connecting said bar with said comb body in such a way that it may be swung to either side thereof and still have its vertical center line substantially parallel with that of the comb, and means for limiting the swinging movement of said bar when the brushing member is substantially level with the root of the teeth on said comb.

' 5. An article of the class described comprising a comb body, a brush carrying bar, a pair of links pivotally connected to the ends of the comb body and brush bar and supporting said bar below said comb body, and angular shoulders formed on said comb body for limiting the pivotal movement of said links, said shoulders permitting said brush to swing to a position at least horizontal with the root of said comb. I i

6. An article of the class described comprising a comb body, a brush carrying bar normally arranged below and in vertical alignment with the teeth on said comb body, and a pair of depending parallel links arranged at each end of the comb body, the said links being of equal length and disposed in vertically offset relationship, vertically offset horizontally arranged pivots uniting the upper ends of each pair of links to the comb body and vertically offset horizontally arranged. pivots uniting the lower ends of each pair of links with said bar.

NATHAN A. HALLWOOD. 

